Excerpt from Anecdotes of the Life of the Right Hon. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, Vol. 1 of 3: And of the Principal Events of His Time; With His Speeches in Parliament; From the Year 1736 to the Year 1778 Except in a few instances; and these are so immediately connected with the subject of the work, they could not with propriety, have been omitted. But the names of the books or pamphlets, from which they are taken, are set down In the mar gin; and many of these have received considerable additions.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.